Name: Nisorin Lertis
Age: 36
Race: Arcana Relorian
Alliance: Reloria
Biography: Born from Relorian parents, raised alone in the streets of a now destroyed planet, Nisorin quickly discovered his magical heritage, training in it heavily thereafter. At the age of five, he entered into a syndicate known as the Lerithay. His role was running small packages and messages to clients. Trained to keep out of sight, he did this by sticking to the rooftops to do his deliveries, sprinting across buildings and leaping the gaps between them. This, and his dextrous fighting style, earned him both the nickname Skydart and the ire of the local police force. By the time he turned eight, most crime syndicates on the planet had heard of him, and the police gave up on trying to catch him. Instead, rival syndicates would send trained assassins to kill him, polishing his endurance and fighting skills even more.
With the pay leftover from living expenses, he bought books detailing the ancient civilizations and discovered a note regarding Reloria. For several months afterwards, he often offered two methods of payment: money, or useful information regarding the old empire. Within half a year, he had exhausted the resources available to him, and bought a small ship and left the planet.
During his travels amongst planets similar to the one he left, he met Celestie, another agent of a similar group. Teaching her his way of getting around, he spent another three years there, before they both left to found the Sons of Plunder, eventually taking their own galaxy and restoring the ancient Relorian empire. This search led them to liberating the Starclan from its oppressors, fighting several battles with many increasingly interesting foes, and eventually leading a mass migration to a strange megalith located in between this Dimensional Plane and another, a still functioning relic of the Ancient Relorians during their prime.
During his leadership of the liberated Reloria, he and Celestie went through the initial Orias ceremony, following in the culture of some of the greatest leaders in recorded Ancient Relorian times. Since then, they have risen to the fourth stage of the
Orion Companionship.
After winning his first match in the Plex Tournament, Nisorin Lertis and his wife Celestie retreated to a pocket dimension of their own creation after calming Nisorin from his near-Avenger mindset, where they performed the Sixth Orias, gaining access to each other's magical abilities, as well as becoming a great deal closer.
During his second match in the Tournament, facing against the Golden Sage Akylos, he started, and completed, his own metamorphosis, marking him as the Third. Standing the tallest of the three, he's now bearing plates on his chest, shoulders, thighs, shins and the back of his hands made from a curious combination of Curicite crystal and bone. Small plates fitting to the shape of lower 8 out of his 10-pack abs provide a decent amount of protection from blunt attacks.
Since the sealing of Plex, Nisorin disappeared from public life, his Sons having left the current dimension to seek out new materials for their ships and weaponry. In private, he and Celestie experimented heavily with the bond the Orion pact has granted them. Alex, another of the Four, has said they have reached stage six and a half, able to draw upon the other's body, heart, and Weave. Their new bodies have only served to augment this. Now that they have become accustomed to their new bodies, they can shift them at will, without the use of magic, down to a molecular level. It is not uncommon for one to use the other as a weapon, or as armor.
Nisorin in particular has been doing his own experimentation, researching the Embodiments, including the mechanics behind their birth, abilities and deaths. He has spoken in depth with Leirra, Embodiment of Love, regarding this. His research hasn't yet come far, though he has begun to widen his search to the history and purpose of the Embodiments.
Weapons: Two swords, twin Terra, Arcana magic, highly advanced, out-of-body Sierrensa techniques
Equipment: AAM Necklace, 30 throwing knives hidden across his body, plate mail covering a scale mail hauberk with quarter-inch diameter scales, shield-like abnormality on his right arm that can enlarge to the size of an average kite shield.
Magic Level: 5.5
Force Level: 0
Appearance: Now standing well over ten feet tall, Nisorin is the tallest of the three Relorians who've gone through with their metamorphosis. His skin, once slightly pale, is now a silvery blue, devoid of the scales typical to the metamorphosed Relorians. Tattoos, formed through bits from the crystalline sphere he was encased in, stretch over his right eye and chest.
He has a small abnormality on his right arm. Just behind his wrist, a strange bone perpendicular to the rest of his forearm sticks out from either side, almost like a tiny shield. He often takes a
human form, when he wishes to draw less attention to himself.
Name: Celestie Lertis
Age: 36
Race: Relorian
Alliance: Reloria
Biography: Born and raised on one of the scummiest planets, she was inducted into a crime syndicate at the age of three, initially working in the kitchens until they saw the combat potential she had. Her naturally lithe body and quick movements made her a natural choice for a message runner. Even more so when, at the age of 14, Nisorin came along and showed her his mode of transportation.
When they left at the age of 17 to form the Sons of Plunder, she started noticing that whenever Nisorin was in danger, she'd fight harder, move faster, and her magic would be stronger the closer she was to him. Comparing this to the stories Nisorin had told her of the magnificent warriors of the original Reloria, she decided that she herself was a Guardian candidate, as Nisorin was. This was confirmed the first time Nisorin took a hit that nearly killed him. Celestie went berserk, slaughtering those around Nisorin. When the Relorian Empire was created, she became one of the Four, the four most elite of the Relorian warriors, ranking second only to Nisorin himself. They actually performed the initial Orias ritual just before the taking of the Starclan, becoming the first Guardian couple in several thousand years.
Since their migration from the Galactic Empires plane, they have studied up on many different ancient Relorian technologies and magical techniques, vastly increasing their own Empire's level of technology. Their magical abilities have strengthened a great deal, and through the myriad of conflicts they went through in getting to the station, their fighting skills have improved as well.
With the end of the first match of the Plex Tournament, Celestie had to endanger herself to bring Nisorin back from the edge of the Avenger, diving into his mind to seek him out within himself. To celebrate his victory, together they created a pocket dimension, smaller than most, and retreated into it for several hours. Inside the heavily protected dimension, she had given herself to him, completely and unquestioningly, marking their progression into the sixth stage of the Orion path.
Celestie Lertis, the second to undertake the metamorphosis, now stands before Keith in Hell as a new being. Her body's made the change to the form her spirit takes, just as Iroku's has. Due to differences in the actual performance of the change, her armor has been incorporated into her skin to create a mesh-work of tiny curicite scales. Due to the size of the scales, they provide very little change in movement range/speed, and only moderate protection from cutting/piercing weapons. Against things such as maces, hammers or fists, on the other hand, they can be inflated slightly to help disperse impact force. While alone it's of little use, coupled with well-designed armor it can be the difference between life and death.
The majority of the armor's material went into use to form her wings. The curicite molecules are bonded together in an unusual configuration, creating a light but durable webbing rather than the relatively heavy crystal. Because of this, the wing webbing is easier to heal through spells than most would be, but will no longer heal on its own.
While Nisorin focused his Orion research more on the physical manifestations, Celestie focused on the mental and emotional possibilities. With Nisorin's fondness for using the Avenger during combat, she has sought ways to harness, channel and direct the madness inherent in the Avenger state. While other pairs have attempted the same manipulation, only her and Nisorin have been able to return from it unscathed. Many have fallen completely into the Avenger, while others have lost themselves to madness. Rage, fear, sorrow, and envy are the most commonly used emotions that the other Orien have attempted. Celestie and Nisorin have had to resort to this technique a few times during their travels, most commonly rage and fear.
She has focused her other research towards the history of their race, the culture and arts. Many think it is going to be through her that the ancient Relorian civilization is going to be revived, and that the Sons are the beginning, not the Relorian Empire.
Weapons: Twin longswords, Arcana, twin Terra pistols
Equipment: AAM Necklace, plate mail covering a chain mail hauberk, 4 frag grenades, 3 smoke grenades, 20 shurikens
Magic Level: 5.5
Force Level: 0
Appearance: Her transformation took small pieces of the cocoon shell and used it to form a decorative design framing her eyes and arms.
She, too, has taken to keeping a
human form when amongst others.
